Cate's Diary
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Cate
Long term member
So, it's day 2 of my second week & I have implemented my personal plan exercise-wise & have not lost any weight, but feel heaps better. I'll continue on as is.
I am seeing my cardio on Monday & will ask him about me doing IF, ask for a change in my meds & see if I can take them at night rather than the morning. Meanwhile I'll keep on keeping on
I am seeing my cardio on Monday & will ask him about me doing IF, ask for a change in my meds & see if I can take them at night rather than the morning. Meanwhile I'll keep on keeping on
So, it's day 2 of my second week & I have implemented my personal plan exercise-wise & have not lost any weight, but feel heaps better. I'll continue on as is.
I am seeing my cardio on Monday & will ask him about me doing IF, ask for a change in my meds & see if I can take them at night rather than the morning. Meanwhile I'll keep on keeping on
Keep on keeping on. Sounds like a good plan, Cate. Sorry needle not budging yet. It’ll come!
Cate
Long term member
Thanks, Rob. I hope that needle will budge soon. I can't give up!
Thanks, Marsia. I'm a bit nervous about seeing the cardio I must admit. Hopefully, my aneurysm has not grown I'm also still feeling up & down. I had a bad night's sleep, which doesn't help.
Thanks, LaMa. I hope I do come away from the cardio visit with a positive action plan.
Meanwhile, I dragged myself out to golf & only 5 of us tackled the course. It was very wet underfoot & freezing. We abandoned when it started to rain again. We sat in the clubhouse for an hour or so & ate our lunch & then I decided to leave as the conversation started drifting in a direction I was not enjoying. I'm doing that from now on. I shopped for veggies on the way home at our new greengrocers.
I bought- brown onions, red onions, kale, spinach, beetroot, tomatoes, lemons, sweet potato, cauliflower, broccoli, snow peas, carrots, parsnips, baby bok choy & asparagus. I'm trying not to shop at the supermarket.
I did this today, even though I did not feel like it at all & have extended my streak to 9 days
Thanks, Marsia. I'm a bit nervous about seeing the cardio I must admit. Hopefully, my aneurysm has not grown
I'm also still feeling up & down. I had a bad night's sleep, which doesn't help.Thanks, LaMa. I hope I do come away from the cardio visit with a positive action plan.
Meanwhile, I dragged myself out to golf & only 5 of us tackled the course. It was very wet underfoot & freezing. We abandoned when it started to rain again. We sat in the clubhouse for an hour or so & ate our lunch & then I decided to leave as the conversation started drifting in a direction I was not enjoying. I'm doing that from now on. I shopped for veggies on the way home at our new greengrocers.
I bought- brown onions, red onions, kale, spinach, beetroot, tomatoes, lemons, sweet potato, cauliflower, broccoli, snow peas, carrots, parsnips, baby bok choy & asparagus. I'm trying not to shop at the supermarket.
I did this today, even though I did not feel like it at all & have extended my streak to 9 days
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Truffle Monster
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Well done Cate! It’s a great feeling when habits start to form (for the better). Keep it up!
Your veggie grocery list made me get all excited as I am adding non-keto veggies back in on exercise days. YUM!!! Your 9 day streak is phenomenal, especially with all the hills and rain and cold. I am glad you are finding a way to golf at your club and just walk away from all the drama. Hopefully they get the idea soon not to talk crap in front of you! In the mean time, I am cheering for you and getting all inspired and exercising, too!
Cate
Long term member
Thanks, LaMa. Not all their talk is inflammatory. Some of it (a lot of it) is trying to work out who someone is (who's brother, daughter etc...). It comes from having lived there all their lives. They seem to need to put everyone in a box. That's just plain boring. It's like when someone is telling you a story & they forget a name & go on & on trying to remember that name. I often say "it doesn't matter" but most people seem to think it does.
Thanks, TM. It is a great feeling. I have a lot more enthusiasm for it now that I have pushed myself through a few hard days. Nothing like what you are doing of course, but hey, it feels good.
Thanks, Marsia. I get excited about veggies. I was walking up the street with my 2 baskets of veggies after playing golf & just felt so happy. I forgot swede & bananas The women won't stop talking crap I'm afraid. Their views are so entrenched. It was a different one yesterday & her views are firmly embedded in her strict religious beliefs.
I have to scoot apparently. G has an appointment to see the urologist for his 6-month checkup & I didn't realise we were running out of time!
Thanks, TM. It is a great feeling. I have a lot more enthusiasm for it now that I have pushed myself through a few hard days. Nothing like what you are doing of course, but hey, it feels good.
Thanks, Marsia. I get excited about veggies. I was walking up the street with my 2 baskets of veggies after playing golf & just felt so happy. I forgot swede & bananas
The women won't stop talking crap I'm afraid. Their views are so entrenched. It was a different one yesterday & her views are firmly embedded in her strict religious beliefs. I have to scoot apparently. G has an appointment to see the urologist for his 6-month checkup & I didn't realise we were running out of time!
jackbenimble
New member
That veggie list is impressive, Cate.
I can see where you can get bored with people stuck on viewing thing through a particular lens, be it religious or political or just a closed view on life. I personally find it more difficult to be opinionated about things that I used to be. That's strange, you would think people's ideas would get more fixed, not less, as you get older. Anyway, one thing I do believe in is having an open mind
I can see where you can get bored with people stuck on viewing thing through a particular lens, be it religious or political or just a closed view on life. I personally find it more difficult to be opinionated about things that I used to be. That's strange, you would think people's ideas would get more fixed, not less, as you get older. Anyway, one thing I do believe in is having an open mind
Hi Cate! I hope G's appointment went well! What is swede? I grew up in a small town of 300-ish people, so I understand about people who are really small-town and insular! I remember saying to my friends when I was a teen, "I'm so glad this is not reality!"(meaning all of reality) and they looked at me like I was from another planet. Most of the people where I lived had never been out of state and many had never visited New York City, which was only 200 miles away. Everyone there knew everyone's business, like you are describing, and people really had no idea how closed minded they were. I like looking at Facebook groups for my town now and they have really great environmental groups for the youth now - protecting the beautiful river there and things like that. And it isn't all white working class people now - it looks like there are all sorts of ethnicities. It's nice to see that sort of change!
I love buying veggies, too - they are so pretty and make me happy!
I love buying veggies, too - they are so pretty and make me happy!
Tribalism. I remember being bored out of my skull when my parents would talk to relatives at birthdays. It was always about a friend of aunty neighbor's dog's pastor or someting.
Cate
Long term member
Thanks, Jack. I do love my veggies. I think, like you, I am much more open-minded as I get older, but I don't see that in many of the people around me.
Hi, Marsia. G's ap't went really well. It has been over 2 &1/2 years since his cancer op & there's no sign of anything so we came away feeling very positive. The specialist is lovely & very informative & has no arrogance whatsoever. When we see the other people in there we come away feeling we are doing very well. I had to look up swede, but I think you call them Rutabaga. They are really nice in soup or baked. I just like having a large variety of vegetables.
Hi, LaMa. I think you're right. I have never had this need for tribalism & it still bores me stupid. Who cares? Not me. I don't feel at all settled back into the golf club. I don't look forward to going out there. You know, G told me today that as he was driving to golf yesterday he was singing & really looking forward to getting there & catching up with everyone. That would be nice.
We had a fairly full-on day today & I came home fairly tired. I encountered a lot of fragrance & I'm fairly itchy. It's nice to be back home though.
Day 10 of my walking streak
Hi, Marsia. G's ap't went really well. It has been over 2 &1/2 years since his cancer op & there's no sign of anything so we came away feeling very positive. The specialist is lovely & very informative & has no arrogance whatsoever. When we see the other people in there we come away feeling we are doing very well. I had to look up swede, but I think you call them Rutabaga. They are really nice in soup or baked. I just like having a large variety of vegetables.
Hi, LaMa. I think you're right. I have never had this need for tribalism & it still bores me stupid. Who cares? Not me. I don't feel at all settled back into the golf club. I don't look forward to going out there. You know, G told me today that as he was driving to golf yesterday he was singing & really looking forward to getting there & catching up with everyone. That would be nice.
We had a fairly full-on day today & I came home fairly tired. I encountered a lot of fragrance & I'm fairly itchy. It's nice to be back home though.
Day 10 of my walking streak
alligatorob
Respected Member
Hey Cate, on your lack of weight loss all I can do is pass on the words a wise women once spoke to me.
It has been interesting watching you, and others like you who are near goal weight (at least compared to me). I can see the struggle continues, that seems to be a part of maintaining weight loss. Somehow my fantasy has been that if I could only get down to some goal my "stomach would shrink" or something so that I no longer would want to overeat. It of course was never true for me, it helps to see how others are dealing with that problem. Thanks!
Cate
Long term member
Hi, Rob. I just read your post out to my husband. Thank you! I need to remind myself that I have come a long way. Maintenance is tough. You get to your goal weight & can stay there for as long as you stay vigilant. It is something you have to work on forever. I became complacent & have regained. Once my weight starts to go up it is hard to stop it.
I'm clawing my way back!
I'm clawing my way back!
Cate
Long term member
My itchiness from yesterday has gone away & I had a good night's sleep after staying up until late watching le tour. We are having an inside day today mostly, doing some much-needed housework. I'll fit in a walk somewhere. I had decided that if I don't get a walk in that I have to do 5km on my bike, but I really want to keep going with my walking streak.
